Right Thinking from the Left Coast

Validation

Not like anyone needs it, no undecideds here, but a gold star/pat on the back reinforcing your convictions may provide some comfort in these turbulent times. A quick test over at Isidewith will provide you with the proper candidate most aligned with your beliefs. Give it a test drive, but don’t expect anything too revealing.

For me, Romney/Johnson/Goode were separated by only one percentage point, no surprise there. I still don’t get why Rosanne Barr is getting short shrifted, certainly the occupy/Looney Tunes/burn it all down and start over crowd deserves some representation. Those from the Justice Party, Objectivist Party, and all the commie candidates (about 4 of those) were also left out. It would be interesting to see our lefty regulars take the test, Obama is the only socialist like guy represented so he would get most of the nods.

A vote for Johnson (just like Nader) is a vote for the incumbent, no way around that, if you like the status quo then go third party, it will get you there just as quick.

A vote for Johnson (just like Nader) is a vote for the incumbent, no way around that, if you like the status quo then go third party, it will get you there just as quick.

Not necessarily. In 2008 I voted for no body for President (as all candidates disgusted me equally). This year I voted for Gary Johnson. Romney did not “lose” my vote as he never had it in the first place.

On the flip side, my wife voted for Obama in 2008. She voted for Gary Johnson this year. She was never going to vote for Romney, due to his social views. So her vote for Gary Johnson is actually a vote taken away from Obama.

Not all votes for Gary Johnson is a vote that Romney “loses.” Some Johnson votes are actually votes that Obama loses.

My self-perception is pretty accurate. I’m a right-leaning centrist. The site seems to support the idea that economically, Romney and Obama aren’t that different. For example, I think Romney would have responded similar to Obama and Bush to the current economic problems (i.e. with bailouts and other policy supportive of attempting to reflate the FIRE economy).

Yours is the most mysterious one I’ve seen yet, Santino. It seems like the American people love Libertarians but refuse to vote for them. The hell?

I was a little surprised by the results as well. Apparently I lined up with Obama on environemental and economic issues. Go figure!

I don’t think a Libertarian party could thrive in Canada. We’re just too damn socialist. Albeit population-wise we’re a small enough country that the numbers work (for now) and it really isn’t that bad. Plus if I ever feel icky, I just jump in the car and head to the border and I’m in the good ol’s US of A in less than 2 hours.

Thrill, as an aside, I just bought tickets to see the Killers and Muse.

If it wasn’t for foreign policy and their insane belief isolationism can work in a nuclear armed world full of evil governments, I could totally enbrace libretarianism. Then again, I doubt libertarianism can ever survive long term if nanny state collectivists exist. Envy and jealousy are sucky emotions, and at the core of the class warfare movement’s base motivation.

I HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend seeing Muse live. I saw them on their Resistance tour. It was at an indoor arena, and they put on a spectacular show. It was a balls-outperformance, admittedly I’m a sucker for a light show, but they sounded fantastic as well (plus Silversun Pickups opened for them). I’m getting hard just thinking about it, now excuse me for a minute… :)